Category Archives: Accessories
Vegan in 15: Delicious Plant-Based Recipes You Can Cook in 15 Minutes or Less
Live well and feel great – go vegan in 15…The vegan revolution is here. More and more people are looking to eat and shop in a way that treads as lightly as possible on our fragile planet and that doesn`t cause suffering to animals. In Vegan in 15, renowned green food blogger and cook Kate
Sherlock Holmes Puzzles: The Lost Cases
Holmes and Watson are back. Fresh from solving the baffling puzzles in The Sherlock Holmes Puzzle Collection, Dr John Watson returns with a new selection of his esteemed colleague`s lost cases – an even more daring, difficult and downright perplexing bunch of conundrums. All written in the style of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle`s great stories,
The Island
Frances is alone on a small island in the middle of the Indian ocean. She has to find water and food. She has to survive. And when she is there she also thinks about the past. The things that she did before. The things that made her a monster. Nothing is easy. Survival is hard
The Story of Ada Lovelace: The Mathematical Genius
Daughter of the famous romantic poet Lord Byron, Ada Lovelace was a child prodigy. Brilliant at maths, she read numbers like most people read words.Lady Byron wanted Ada to be as unlike her father as possible. Ada grew up surrounded by an army of tutors who taught her every subject every waking moment, except for
The Story of Isambard Kingdom Brunel: The Man Who Built Britain
Isambard Kingdom Brunel was a man with a brilliant brain for design, and never tired of building new and exciting things – the deepest tunnel, the longest bridge, the fastest train. For Brunel, the average and the ordinary were just not good enough. He was a perfectionist and a control freak. And he would stop
The Orchid Hunter: A young botanist`s search for happiness
In the summer after leaving school, a young botanist sets out to fulfil a childhood dream — to find every species of orchid native to the British Isles. He has just a few months to complete his quest – no one has ever done it before within one growing season – and it will require
The Story of Nelson Mandela: The prisoner who became a president
Nelson was a young South African with a reputation for trouble-making. Who would have thought he would one day lead his people to freedom? Nelson grew up at a time when black South Africans suffered terrible injustice. He was determined to change this – even if it meant grave personal danger. Twenty-seven years of his
Clean: A remarkable walk along the cliff edge of life *2020 winner of the Christopher Bland Prize*
***2020 winner of the Christopher Bland Prize***โ€Beautifully crafted and written, filled with darkness and light, compelling… She fights addiction with honesty and humour. And, like her, [we] come away changed forever.โ€ Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, RSL Christopher Bland PrizeWhen Michele Kirsch`s father is killed in a train crash, her mother gets the vapours and Michele gets extremely
The Land of Maybe: A Faroe Islands Year
`In this excellent book, Ecott`s evocative telling makes me want to go to this weird and wonderful place.` – PAUL THEROUXFollowing the natural cycle of the year, The Land of Maybe captures the essence of `slow life` on the 18 remote, mysterious islands which make up the Faroes in the North Atlantic. Closer to the
The Blunders of Our Governments
With unrivalled political savvy and a keen sense of irony, distinguished political scientists Anthony King and Ivor Crewe open our eyes to the worst government horror stories and explain why the British political system is quite so prone to appalling mistakes.
Travels With Epicurus
Our society worships at the fountain of youth. Each year, we try to delay the arrival of old age, using everything at our disposal, from extreme exercise and botox to pilates and cosmetic dentistry. But in the process, are we missing out on a distinct and extraordinarily valuable stage of life? Asking whether it is
The Creation of Anne Boleyn: In Search of the Tudors` Most Notorious Queen
Part biography, part cultural history, The Creation of Anne Boleyn is a fascinating reconstruction of Anne`s life and an illuminating look at her afterlife in the popular imagination. Why is Anne so compelling? Why does she inspire such extreme reactions? And what really was the colour of her hair? And perhaps the most provocative question
Forensic Science: A Beginner`s Guide
In the wake of the phenomenal success of crime shows like CSI, forensic science has never been so popular. The obsessive attention that Grissom and his crew afford seemingly insignificant details, such as particles of dirt in a bullet wound and the presence of pollen in tyre tracks, have left audiences eager to know more
Fluke: The Maths and Myths of Coincidences
What are the chances?! This exclamation greets the scarcely believable coincidence – you`re picked up by the same taxi driver several years and thousands of miles apart or, in a second-hand bookshop far from home, you find your own childhood copy of Winnie-the-Pooh on the shelf. But the unlikely is more probable than you think.
Political Minefields: The Struggle against Automated Killing
Thousands of people around the world are maimed and killed by landmines and unexploded ammunition every year. International law classifies landmines as `evil in themselves`, but minefields are expressions of `political minefields` that create them and allow them to persist. In this travelogue through Iraq, Laos, Cambodia, Bosnia, Afghanistan, Sudan, South Sudan and New York
Pierre the Maze Detective: The Search for the Stolen Maze Stone
Pierre the Maze Detective has a new case. Mr X has stolen the Maze Stone, which has the power to turn the whole of Opera City into a maze. Can you help Pierre and his friend Carmen find their way through the mazes and stop Mr X before it`s too late? This beautifully illustrated book
101 Things to Do Instead of Playing on Your Phone
Our phones have become a constant distraction; it`s time we put them down and rediscovered the simple art of taking a few minutes out. This book offers an imaginative list of games and tips aimed at curing us of our portable tech addiction. More than mere time-killers, these activities include ways to unleash your creative
Hello Nature: Draw, Collect, Make and Grow
This is a fantastic new nature activity book from Nina Chakrabarti, exploring the exciting natural world around us. This is your very own nature scrapbook, packed with fascinating facts and brilliant activities. Doodle, draw and colour in leaves, butterflies, plants and much more. How many different types of snowflakes are there, and how are leaves
Just Your Average Muslim
This fascinating and original book provides a better insight into the life of โ€just your average Muslimโ€ than you will find anywhere else. A powerful antidote to common but exhausted stereotypes, it challenges non-Muslims to reexamine their perceived ideas of what they think they know and Muslims to examine how they portray themselves to the
